This blog might be a bit elephant light on the words and heavy on the pictures, as we had lots of fun in a short space of time. We sort of rashly decided to go on a 10 hour return train detour from our planned route to the elephant round-up in Surin in eastern Thailand. Read More »
We didn’t know that Camel tours can be cancelled due to other bush camels. But let’s start from the beginning. The day started very early for us to see the sunrise at Uluru. From the various tours, we choose the Camel sunrise tour as they played an important role in desert life and in Australia’s Read More »
Inizia la fantastica avventura sul Mekong. Dopo aver prelevato I KIP in banca, fatto un po’ di spesa per il viaggio (panini, frutta e birra fresca) partiamo! La barca e’ lunga, tutta in legno e colorata! I sedili non potevano che essere in legno, strettini e piccoli. Ci invitano a sederci su ognuno a coppie Read More »
San Joaquin Valley, Huron. same day late afternoon. I leave Jerry`s Diner in good spirits due mostly to the blond waitress`s well shaped bossom uppermost on my mind, let`s not forget the cute smile she gave me when I payed my bill. The down hill stuff is getting to an end when I finally enter Read More »
We reached Top End today. Top End refers to the region around Darwin. It is too the north most point of our travel and by reaching Darwin we have successfully crossed a country and a continent by car. That of course calls for celebration. The climate changed from Mataranka a bit and became more humid. Read More »
Gallipoli to Istanbul We caught a local ferry across the peninsula to the town of Canekkale, and after a short, yet interesting visit to the ruins of Troy, we continued our journey along the Mamara Sea, passing through the massive city of Bursa, and on to Istanbul. How can I describe Istanbul? An intensely sprawled Read More »
Per prima cosa cerchiamo una Guesthouse migliore e ne troviamo una perfetta che si chiama “Other Side”!!!! Dei graziosissimi bungalow/palafitta direttamente sul fiume, patio con amaca, e ben tre finestre enormi ognuna su un lato diverso della stanza che ci permetteva di avere dei panorami mozzafiato, uno che dava sulle altissime e verdi montagne, un Read More »
Ahh..road trips…there is nothing like them…especially on an Amador road trip. It is about 50 miles to Hana, which doesn’t seem very far, but on a two lane road with tourists you do the math. I forgot to mention the switchbacks there are a lot of them, I don’t advise the ride if you get Read More »
Stayed at Aldinga Beach. 29th: Went for a drive to Goolwa and across to Hindmarch Island driving to the Murray River mouth and to where Storm Boy was filmed along the Coorong National Park. Drove around Lake Alexandrina, through Malang (fishing shacks along the beach there). Did a big loop to Murray Bridge, Strathalbyn and Read More »
We arrived in Geneva after one of the hardest journeys yet. It was a 12 hour bus trip starting 12.30 midnight and ending at 2.30pm the next day. The bus arrived an hour late and arrived in Geneva two hours late. While passing through France there was two border securites one of which resulted in Read More »
